Fitness Testing of Students with Disabilities: Comparing and Modifying Fitness Tests to Provide Quality Assessments for All Students

Autor/inn/en	Menear, Kristi Sayers; Sims, Sandra K.; Phillips, John
Titel	Fitness Testing of Students with Disabilities: Comparing and Modifying Fitness Tests to Provide Quality Assessments for All Students
Quelle	In: Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 20 (2007) 3, S.12-21 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-4562
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Student Evaluation; Testing; Physical Fitness; Systems Approach; Disabilities; Criterion Referenced Tests; Goal Orientation; Psychomotor Skills; Motor Development; Individualized Education Programs; Norm Referenced Tests; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Leistungsfähigkeit; Systemischer Ansatz; Handicap; Behinderung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Motorische Entwicklung; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Fitness testing is an important assessment tool used by physical educators for many purposes. Some states require fitness testing to monitor individual student progress throughout the school year. Some physical educators use it to monitor the effects of the physical education curriculum and to teach concepts such as goal setting and personal accountability. Therefore, if assessment is an important part of physical education programs, correct fitness testing procedures are critical to assuring proper assessment of all students, including students with disabilities. Including students with disabilities in fitness testing requires investigation into appropriate tests, acquisition of required testing equipment, organization of equipment and testing environment, management of an effective testing schedule, and sound pedagogy. When the multidisciplinary team foresees a need to modify the fitness testing environment, the fitness testing equipment, or the fitness tests that are given to the general physical education class to meet the needs of a student with a disability, then the modifications should be noted in the student's individual education plan (IEP) for physical education. When no modifications are needed to include a student with a disability in fitness testing, then the IEP should indicate such and the student should be fully included in fitness testing. It is sometimes helpful to use norm-referenced or criterion-referenced tests where students can assess their fitness levels compared to others or compared to healthy fitness zones. However, there are students with disabilities for whom the current commercially available fitness tests do not "fit." This article describes how all students can be assessed and given the opportunity to set realistic goals and work toward becoming healthier individuals by applying dynamic systems theory (DST) to fitness testing. DST has been used for several years to help professionals in the field of physical education understand motor development and motor skill acquisition. (Contains 7 tables and 9 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10